- An Event Apart Seattle 2010 April 5–7, 2010 Bell Harbor Conference Center
- An Event Apart Minneapolis 2010 July 26–27, 2010 Hilton Minneapolis
- An Event Apart DC 2010 Sept. 16–17, 2010 Hilton Washington
- An Event Apart San Diego 2010 Nov. 1–2, 2010 Westin Gas Lamp Quarter
An Event Apart is not your father’s web design conference. It is a concentrated learning session featuring industry leaders and visionaries, with take-aways you can’t take away from other shows. Other events assume the narrowest of interests, forcing attendees to choose between “design” and “development” or other specialty tracks. An Event Apart is for the hybrid designer/developer whose skills are unique to the web. Thus, at An Event Apart, there is only one track. Everyone sits in the same room, learning the same things, at the same time.
Tara Hunt discusses the power of communities with the An Event Apart audience. Photo: Warren Parsons.
Who attends An Event Apart? Just what kind of people are you? A little under half of you call yourselves “designers.” An equal number prefer “developers.” IAs, UX pros, project managers, writer/editors, marketers, and, yes, clients attend as well.
What unites you despite your differences is that AEA attendees are passionate practitioners: people who get up every day eager to create great user experiences online. You don’t just make websites, you make them better.
AEA attendees, like other conference attendees, want to improve job skills and make new friends and business connections in an intense and fun environment. But unlike ordinary conference goers, AEA attendees have that gleam in their eye that comes from a belief that quality matters—that through advocacy and hard work, each of us can make a meaningful difference.
Past Events
Maybe it isn’t healthy to dwell on the past, but some memories are just too good to let go.
- San Francisco–Dec. 7–8, 2009
- Chicago–Oct. 12–13, 2009
- Boston–June 22–23, 2009
- Seattle–May 4–5, 2009
- Chicago–October 13–14, 2008
- San Francisco–August 18–19, 2008
- Boston–June 23–24, 2008
- New Orleans–April 24–25, 2008
- San Francisco–October 4–5, 2007
- Chicago–August 27–28, 2007
- Seattle–June 21st–22nd, 2007
- Boston–March 26–27, 2007
- Austin–November 6, 2006
- Seattle–September 18, 2006
- New York City–July 10–11, 2006
- Chicago–June 2nd, 2006
- Atlanta–April 3, 2006
- Philadelphia–December 5, 2005
BEYOND THE HORIZON
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